Hadith #598

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English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Mu'ammal, from Sufyan, from 'Abdullah ibn Dinar — that he heard Ibn 'Umar say: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The parable of this ummah — or: my ummah — and the Jews and the Christians is like a man who said: 'Who will work for me from morning until midday for a qirat?' The Jews said: 'We will.' And they did. Then he said: 'Who will work for me from midday until 'Asr for a qirat?' The Christians said: 'We will.' And they worked. And you — the Muslims — work from 'Asr prayer until night for two qirats. The Jews and Christians became angry and said: 'We worked more and received less.' He said: 'Have I wronged you any of your wages?' They said: 'No.' He said: 'That is My grace — I give it to whom I will.'"' — [Mu'ammal's note: 'I heard this hadith from Yahya ibn Sa'id but did not record it from Sufyan — from 'Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Ibn 'Umar, from the Prophet ﷺ.' And Ahmad said: 'Mu'ammal also narrated it to us from Sufyan — similar to the hadith of Ayyub from Nafi' from Ibn 'Umar.']